Who else found themselves stumbling upon an Absolute History show with Ruth and the boys, and is now bingewatching EVERYTHING else they appear in? Such lovely educational slow tv!
I found this series years ago and binge watched it. Then I found the other series and binged them. I think this may be the third time I've seen this one. It is my favorite. I love these. Glad you found them!
These are brilliant shows. I wish could go back in time like that. I've watched them all...Wartime Farm, Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Tudor Monastery Farm, Manor House, 1900 House etc. Love them all
@@Gerry1of1 That list isn't quite complete (its missing shows made in the USA). I googled "historical reality tv" and looked at lists from a few websites to get more names of shows e.g. Wikipedia has some that aren't on that link and vice versa: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Historical_reality_television_series
Gerry I love them too. They are the only things I watch everything else is garbage for your mind. I always tell my son to be careful what goes in your eye gates and ear gates you can not erase it. Let these things be pure. Gerry and anyone that reads this please turn from sin and follow Jesus. He is coming soon. Be blessed
In the US they have done a few of these too, Colonial House & Frontier House. But they are more like reality shows (along the lines of 1900s House) where they enlist people to live back in time.
yeah, they are interesting to me, as well. Just yesterday I have finished watching the Tudor Monastery series, and before that I have watched Victorian Farm series and there's many references in these 2 series alone for lots of common sayings, like - the rule of thumb; - horse power; - grinding to a halt; - upper case / lower case; And I think there were a couple others, but I forgot them. Still, great documentaries, very educational and entertaining. Once you've started watching a single episode out of curiosity you won't be able to put the entire series down until you've watched it fully.... two or three times in a row, after which you start another series by the same guys and watch that one till the end, too... and so on. When I first discovered these documentaries an year ago (youtube had recommended Secrets of the Castle out of the blue and I clicked on it out of curiosity) I completely watched ALL of the documentaries for a whole week. Haven't done anything else at that time (not even showering, or taking out the trash lol) but sleep, eat, and watch while staying glued to the screen so I could take in every single detail. That addictive these documentaries are :)
Lol. I can't get over baby Peter's nickname because I already watched all the other farm year series, and it's messing with me that his hair isn't grey since the last one I watched was WW2. Love these guys.
ALT Ybor I sooo agree with you! If they did make a show like this in the US it would tainted with controversy and fighting! one person hating or resenting the other person! always fighting! non-stop bickering! Why? if this documentary was the American version of the show Ruth would hate the lady that she's working with and Alex and Peter will be fighting each other too! I find that really sad!! It's all about ratings on TV here in the US!!
At least we can watch them now. As an American... let's just say I've been binging these three every time the news explodes D: it's helped me sleep soooo much better.
Sagittarius A* lol yes, America was established in 1968 - Actually this is probably pretty close to what was going on at the same time in Massachusetts Bay Colony.
If this was produced in the US it would be filled with overly dramatic music and orchestrated conflicts. So nice to watch something calm and interesting.
And a 3 minute recap every five minutes. In between the advert breaks! Forget Trump..I don't understand why you're not all out rioting in the streets about your unwatchable television 😂
Today is July 17, 2022. I have watched every other historical-living series, in chronological order. I just learned about this one, which was actually the first made. So fun to see them brand new to the idea of living in historical times. And I really like the background info on Ruth, Peter, and Alex.
I am so happy to find this. I feel like Ruth, Peter and Alex are friends, after watching some of their other series'. So, I can revisit them once more in this series. My ancestors came to the American continent just after this time, from England. They came from St. Alban's, which I am told is not too far from Wales, so I am excited to watch this and imagine how a young couple set out on a sea voyage with a small child and a baby, to go to a new land hoping for a better life.
I love these and all the others they have done. I watch them yearly, trying to watch the episodes to coincide with the month I am at present. I always see something I did not before and always get great inspiration of ideas to apply to my days as much as I can. I love this time period. In Joy
I'm here after some kind person posted a list of all the shows in this series on Tudor Monastery Farm. The picture quality is noticeably worse but there's the same wonderful energy and spirit of exploration. As a person of British descent this is a fascinating glimpse into my past.
These are the kind of people I would greatly enjoy picking at their knowledge. I would have never learned this stuff in school. Teaching passionately makes a difference in how the learner takes in information.
I love all the farm series, but this has always been my favorite, it truly seemed like stepping back in time, and everyone was so enthusiastic about this challenge. The music was perfect, too!
This one and Edwardian Farm are my favourites....my least favourite was War Time Farm....they used a different narrator and I think the producers wanted to convey a sense of "urgency" throughout the series, and I found it far less relaxing to watch than this series....
@@FMHammyJ I agree, War Time Farm was the least interesting, using that word lightly since I still enjoyed it. I just didn't get immersed as much. Green Valley is fascinating, maybe because it is so far removed from our modern system. I just love how they're not just excavating the land, but the way of life.
Wartime Farm was my least favorite, as well, while Victorian Farm (even though I've only watched 2 episodes), and especially "Secrets of the Castle" have been my favorites
I find War Time Farm the most interesting, it seems to have the most information that, given the state of things right now, we would be able to use the most, like how to make do with less. Victorian farm is next for me! We all seem to look for different things in each series.
For those of us who have been in the 'colonies' for several generations, in my case my family have been in NZ since 1840, this is a chance to see where we came from and this history is our history too.
I'm surprised they aren't eating things like potato bread or bread and such things, as far as I knew grain should be used as little as possible and as much as necessary, which is where german onion bread, potato bread, bread with nuts and other seeds, dried tomatoes, spinach and other such recipes come from.
@@Katharina-rp7iq Potatoes did come to England about 1585, but did not spread over most of the country until about the early 1700's, so this is probably an area that hadn't started growing them yet.
@@lindamyers1386 Scotts Irish? So from the UK? Cause I'm actually from Ireland and I know no Scottish Irish people born here? Scottish AND Irish you most likely mean?
If I had the chance to do this, I totally would. It'd be so hard, but this is the type of life-changing experience that would be so valuable and humbling I would never forget.
Here I am Back again. I always enjoy all of the various Series , This is my Favourite! I love the music, it is so Calming. I do enjoy the additional participants. It seems to add more of a realistic Family experience.
I think I have watched nearly every series with Ruth have been in. I’ve really enjoyed the farming series. If I were 30 years younger I’d would have liked to have a crack at some of these. I have a farm background and some of the methods used in the process are very similar to what I saw growing up. My great grandfather and my grandfather did things very similar to this since they were both born in the 19th century. I mostly wanted to say how much I’ve enjoyed the programs.
These shows are just brilliant. To the people who filmed them, thank you. To the person who put them on UA-cam, Thank You!! Children should watch these in school. I am watching them with my 12 year old and he is fascinated. It’s not possible for people in the states to view all of the historical documentary shows.... Yet another sign of the British Aristocracy still with its firm grip around the necks of the Americans!!! When will it end!
We are catching up on this series. As historians who participate in living history programs, we're loving it and are very impressed with how hard working and dedicated the participants are. Thank you!
I truly love these shows and must admit, somewhat envious wishing when I was younger I could have done something like this. Thank you for uploading, I hope there will be more.
I adore how the BBS series with Ruth and Tom and most often Alex is focused on the history and how things are done. I am disappointed at a "similar" American series that seems more focused on "how the unprepared and totally ignorant participants feeeeel."
There's a similar series called "Coal House" something or other.... That is a series dedicated to showing modern people how blessed they are, and not so much on the history
6laderunner I think that the fact that these people are historians and archeologists places the entire thing in another dimension than what American producers are even aware of. American shows are constantly seeking controversy and entertainment and aren't really that interested in exploration in the name of history and science.
Thank you for sharing this playlist! I couldn't find it anywhere else so you've made me happy beyond words. I love Ruth, Peter, and Alex and will watch these entertaining and educational shows of theirs over and over. ♥
I know the shows (except Tales from the Green Valley) are all available on AcornTV, as well as TUBI. The most recent series is called Secrets of the Castle (I think) with Ruth, Peter and Tom in France, helping build a 12th century castle from scratch....
Right, this is fantastic compared to anything on American TV! Ruth and Peter are celebrities in my opinion. After watching this series and all the other ones, I feel like I know them personally. HA, HA!
So beautiful and so educative. I wish all of this would be part of the educational schedule just to give kids a much more intimate connection to history and the way our ancestors lived. Learning from history is essential.
Too bad there aren't something like week long "camps" in the summer kids to attend and live/learn this. Make it a mandatory thing, like math and English if they want to graduate (or not!!). The kids would go nuts with no phones or other electronics, that would be worth watching!!
Boy they were young in this docco lol. Must have been the first one done together. Wish there were more... I watch the other ones about once every 2 years. Soooo good!
My Grandfather used to shoot pigeons on a local farm. He taught me how to pluck and draw them when i was about eight years old. My Grandmothers pigeon pie was delicious.
After watching all of the other great shows these guys have done, it took me awhile to get used hearing everyone calling Peter "Fonz" or "Fonzi". There is a story there on how Peter got that nickname that I would love to hear! 🤣
I like Ruth's statute hat. I have one similar since chemo drugs are destroying my hair and it covers it very well. I love all the series but prefer the ones with a smaller team. Just seem to flow easier.
One of the most valuable lessons in these stories is helping viewers to understand how very hard life was then and what a struggle it was just to accomplish each basic necessity. For instance, in watching them plow, it occurs to me they walked all day long, both the men and the oxen. And they had to do that until all the fields were plowed. Can you imagine doing that? I'm sure they took breaks but, even so, to keep walking and walking. But it had to be done and in just a few days. It's a real wake-up call for all those revisionists who are so eager to look down their noses at our forefathers.
These people really go all out to provide an authentic experience. Incredibly hard work under difficult conditions. I suppose the only thing they can't recreate is the bunch of children most farms would have had working full days doing all the jobs that would take up too much of the adults' time.
I love how shows were continued to be made with Ruth, Peter and Alex. I've never seen the other 2 since in anything else but I love Ruth, Peter and Alex together, so glad they continued to work on more projects.
I am so excited to find this here!!!! These are my favourite shows. I wish I could step into a different century like this. Absolutely brilliant idea. Thanks for uploading these. They make my modernity weary soul a little lighter. 💓
I'll bet if you lived in the country on a farm like that you wouldn't catch any plague. The people in the city usually got hit with it. That's why all the rich people would flee to the country during plagues.
Covid-19, HIV/AIDS, chronic disease, mental illness, child suicide? I'll trade the 21st century for the 15th every day of the week and twice on Sunday. At 7.8 billion , the herd needs thinning.
I loved this series so interesting. it shows us that today we only need to press a button to get what was so labor intensive back then. I unfortunately no longer find this series in French.
This is from the time period when the first coloniest started coming to america so these techniques were used in the James town colony and in t he Plymoth colony as well. it is part of our american roots too.
While an Acre was supposed to be plowable in 1 day (As a chord could be cut, split, and stacked) that was by a professional plowman, who did it for a living, for the entire community. These are amateur experts, they know the Theory of it, but have no practical experience. So, a rood, or 2 is probably a good start.
*cord (of wood) Besides being amateurs, it looks to me as though it's been a long time since that land was plowed. Do you know if that definition of an acre meant previously unplowed land or already farmed land? It's hard to imagine it referred to new land.
After viewing the other shows in the Historical Farm Series, I am now watching the beginning with this. I like the name "Peter" better than "Fonz" though.
@@mctavish199 it's obviously a reference to Fonzie from Happy Days. And I can see why. Although I agree it feels a bit jarring if you've seen the other series first
OMG!!! I just discovered the amazingness that is Ruth Goodman and I have been binging the farm shows on Tubi. This is the one series that they did not have and so I'm so incredibly thankful that you actually have all 12 episodes on here. Thank you thank you thank you What a great New Year gift!❤
Oct.25 22 .I just found this series a day or so ago, and love it. Though life then was way harder than today. I wonder if it was also way more rewarding. For sure it was all in ones hands if you lived or starved. the market was never farther away than the garden smoke house and larder. Knowing everything you ate was made possible by ones hard work must of made a good meal taste all the better. I once wanted to take the east to west trip as settlers did. To California or Oregon. With a wagon Ox and horse in tow. I never went past the planning phase and knew there would needs be many OKs given to cross fenced lands. But imagining the idea of getting the supplies. Perhaps building a team of experts such as they did here. Then making the trip on one of the still known and exposed trails across the plains and over the mountains before winter snows blocked the passes. Seems the camera got into the Ale in this video. A bit Catty wompuss at times . Still a great video
found your interview from Maryland after watching all the historical farm shows which led me here. looking forward to seeing the show that started it all. Thank you Peter
I like watching these shows ive tried binge watching them on the channel, I've even gotten my mom interested in watching them.. til I could remember the names of the actual shows I would look them up by typing in Ruth's name, LOL.. I like Every that do these shows but Ruth, Peter and Alex are my favorite.. I've seen others name some of the historical shows so I'ma add a couple I like, Ruth, peter and Tom in How Castles Were Built and then there's one about a character name Mrs. Crocombe at Audley End House on The Victorian Way..
I love these shows! Thank you for posting this series (I can’t find it online otherwise) I happen to be American, yet this stuff has made me SO thankful for the the little things in life, and all the humanity who came before me who kept doggedly living and making life doable. Omg doing laundry is a joy now! All i do is chuck clothing into a machine and add soap i didnt even have to make, chuck it into another machine to dry it and just fold and hang it. To think my entire life ive been moaning about how annoying laundry was! HELL NO. Laundry is blessed joy now!! Edit: omg just having hot water come out of the tap is mind boggling after absorbing this knowledge. my air conditioning is something worth weeping i gratitude over (i live in a desert). And dont even get me started about the gobs and gobs of food available to me, a person in the lower middle class. All i have to do is go to my job, sit at a computer, do my job, get paid and buy the food, clothing, and vitamins and just do my budget. No worrying about crop failure, starvation, lugging buckets of water, no chopping down wood to build a fire. I just exercise because i have to, not because i need to to make food. I even buy less food and make sure i eat everything i buy and reuse stuff as much as possible, not because i have to, but because im grateful for all thr effort and resources i have. Lil ol me has all this!! ❤️❤️
Watching this really enlightens you to the sheer amount of ignorance we have for our past. People assume that all the food was terrible and that it was all a mess in the 1600's when country life couldn't be further from that. Our petty bourgeois attitude (yes I managed to fit Marxism into this comment) means that we have lost our respect for the resourcefulness and skills of the feudal peasant.
There's a guy here on youtube that pops up on my siggested list every once and a while. Something about nutmeg tavern or something like that. He does receipes from Early Settler in America. I've done a few of his recepies and they're actually pretty good! I think food actually tasted better because it didnt jave all the fake flavors we use to "enhance" our foods now.
@@nicolebowman7354 modern processed "food" is designed to bash your senses over the head with artificial exaggerations of real flavors, mainly sweet and salty, there's no nuance. This actually damages the development of the brain as it only receives a narrow set of hyper-emphasized stimulus instead of a normal variety. And actually every modern production of everything is designed to bash your senses over the head in the same way with artificial substitutes.
If you live in N.America and you want to know what good food tastes like go to France. I lived there for 14years and can hardly stand the food back here. Yes its plentiful and Im grateful for that but the taste and flavour isnt there!
I love these programms I love history My favourite era is Victorians I would love to take part in it Its like pleasure plus job They have fun but hard work as well and they get paid for it I always been interested in how people used to live cook work just general household These 3 historians have way of explain the history in fun and real way
List of all the series in order: 1- Tales from the Green Valley / 1620 (2005) 2- Victorian Farm / 1837-1901 (2009) 3- Victorian Pharmacy / 1837-1901 (2010) 4- Edwardian Farm / 1901-1910 (2011) 5- Wartime Farm / 1938-1946 (2012) 6- Tudor Monastery Farm /1457-1509 (2013) 6.5 - Tudor Monastery Christmas Special (2013) 7- Secrets of the Castle / 13th century (2014) 8- Full Steam Ahead / Early 19th century(2016) 9- Victorian Bakers / 1837 (2016) *this one doesn't involve Ruth Goodman
😂 Just been scrolling down to find if any other historical clothing enthusiasts were wincing at that one! Why is it always the support garments that send these docos into a wee tailspin... 🙄 Pair of stays or bodies. The busk story was really cute though!
Who else found themselves stumbling upon an Absolute History show with Ruth and the boys, and is now bingewatching EVERYTHING else they appear in? Such lovely educational slow tv!
I found this series years ago and binge watched it. Then I found the other series and binged them. I think this may be the third time I've seen this one. It is my favorite. I love these. Glad you found them!
I think they work well and compliment each other
This is exactly what is happening with me😂
Yes!
Me!!!!! How funny!
I'll watch anything with Ruth, she's my absolute hero! Alex and Peter are like old friends....always good to see them all.
Mine too! She's lovely! Wish there were more farmhouse series.
@@jonatasdomingos1252 There's a series about Tudor monastery farms they're in.
She really is, isn't she? You can tell she is so passionate about history and all these projects 😊 her happiness is contagious!
@@animequeen78 there are many more: Edwardian Farm, Victorian Farm, Wartime Farm etc.
couldn´t agree more ♥
These are brilliant shows. I wish could go back in time like that. I've watched them all...Wartime Farm, Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Tudor Monastery Farm, Manor House, 1900 House etc. Love them all
I love them also. Do you know of a channel that has them all?
@@Gerry1of1 That list isn't quite complete (its missing shows made in the USA). I googled "historical reality tv" and looked at lists from a few websites to get more names of shows
e.g. Wikipedia has some that aren't on that link and vice versa:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Historical_reality_television_series
Gerry I love them too. They are the only things I watch everything else is garbage for your mind. I always tell my son to be careful what goes in your eye gates and ear gates you can not erase it. Let these things be pure. Gerry and anyone that reads this please turn from sin and follow Jesus. He is coming soon. Be blessed
Me too, you should watch supersize me Edwardian, Georgian etc very educational and hilarious. :)
In the US they have done a few of these too, Colonial House & Frontier House. But they are more like reality shows (along the lines of 1900s House) where they enlist people to live back in time.
Can't stop watching these. It's like a sponge soaking up the knowledge that they pass on to you. I love the farm videos
me neither :p
I forgot how young Ruth, Alex and Peter use to be. It’s kind of funny to see them so inexperienced in farming.
Yeah it really is! Peter has sophisticated greys now. Gosh he is so handsome and smart
@@lgreen2487 I've been hiding my crush on Peter for years. I'd go back in time with him... anywhere
Me three!
@@Gerry1of1 Glad to know I'm not the only one!
At about 7:50, Ruth's face looks so lovely, almost like the painting from that ear, so SO fits into this time period!
I've watched the rest of the Farm series multiple times. I can't believe I JUST found this one. Look how young they are! Peter's baby face!
legit lmao what a cutie
Have you seen the Castle series?
Same
And I just found this one this year too 😂
In fairness he kept that baby face for a long time
I love hearing how common sayings now were formed in the past-upper&lower crust for example.
yeah, they are interesting to me, as well. Just yesterday I have finished watching the Tudor Monastery series, and before that I have watched Victorian Farm series and there's many references in these 2 series alone for lots of common sayings, like
- the rule of thumb;
- horse power;
- grinding to a halt;
- upper case / lower case;
And I think there were a couple others, but I forgot them. Still, great documentaries, very educational and entertaining. Once you've started watching a single episode out of curiosity you won't be able to put the entire series down until you've watched it fully.... two or three times in a row, after which you start another series by the same guys and watch that one till the end, too... and so on. When I first discovered these documentaries an year ago (youtube had recommended Secrets of the Castle out of the blue and I clicked on it out of curiosity) I completely watched ALL of the documentaries for a whole week. Haven't done anything else at that time (not even showering, or taking out the trash lol) but sleep, eat, and watch while staying glued to the screen so I could take in every single detail. That addictive these documentaries are :)
Lol. I can't get over baby Peter's nickname because I already watched all the other farm year series, and it's messing with me that his hair isn't grey since the last one I watched was WW2. Love these guys.
fawns :)
I know! After watching the other series, I just out about this one and he and Ruth look so young! ☺️
My mother's family was from the Green Valley, so good to see how my ancestors lived.
How fun these must be for you😊
I love these type of programs from the BBC. In the USA we are not given such enlightening historical shows. Thanks for the uploads!
ALT Ybor I sooo agree with you! If they did make a show like this in the US it would tainted with controversy and fighting! one person hating or resenting the other person! always fighting! non-stop bickering! Why? if this documentary was the American version of the show Ruth would hate the lady that she's working with and Alex and Peter will be fighting each other too! I find that really sad!! It's all about ratings on TV here in the US!!
At least we can watch them now. As an American... let's just say I've been binging these three every time the news explodes D: it's helped me sleep soooo much better.
That's because America hasn't got much of a history 😂😂
Try watching Townsons and sons here on youtube.
Sagittarius A* lol yes, America was established in 1968 - Actually this is probably pretty close to what was going on at the same time in Massachusetts Bay Colony.
I love these; I can’t even watch American Television anymore! All we get in the U.S. are criminal documentaries, unsolved mysteries and reality T.V.
If this was produced in the US it would be filled with overly dramatic music and orchestrated conflicts. So nice to watch something calm and interesting.
And a 3 minute recap every five minutes. In between the advert breaks! Forget Trump..I don't understand why you're not all out rioting in the streets about your unwatchable television 😂
Today is July 17, 2022. I have watched every other historical-living series, in chronological order. I just learned about this one, which was actually the first made. So fun to see them brand new to the idea of living in historical times. And I really like the background info on Ruth, Peter, and Alex.
Ruth, Alex, and Peter just have a chemistry in friendship they can't replicate in other series. It seems they've stopped making shows for now.
I adore Ruth and all of them. Ruth is a joyous soul! She loves what she does! Her laugh is awesome!
I am so happy to find this. I feel like Ruth, Peter and Alex are friends, after watching some of their other series'. So, I can revisit them once more in this series. My ancestors came to the American continent just after this time, from England. They came from St. Alban's, which I am told is not too far from Wales, so I am excited to watch this and imagine how a young couple set out on a sea voyage with a small child and a baby, to go to a new land hoping for a better life.
I love these and all the others they have done. I watch them yearly, trying to watch the episodes to coincide with the month I am at present. I always see something I did not before and always get great inspiration of ideas to apply to my days as much as I can. I love this time period. In Joy
I just finished Edwardian Farm again, now going through the other series again. I love these!
LOL I watch them all about once a year myself. Just finished tudor farm. Moving on to Edwardian / victorian / wartime farm etc
I watched all of the series in chronological order by time period represented. Now I’m going to rewatch in filming order to see how their skills grow.
I'm here after some kind person posted a list of all the shows in this series on Tudor Monastery Farm. The picture quality is noticeably worse but there's the same wonderful energy and spirit of exploration. As a person of British descent this is a fascinating glimpse into my past.
These are the kind of people I would greatly enjoy picking at their knowledge. I would have never learned this stuff in school. Teaching passionately makes a difference in how the learner takes in information.
I love all the farm series, but this has always been my favorite, it truly seemed like stepping back in time, and everyone was so enthusiastic about this challenge. The music was perfect, too!
This one and Edwardian Farm are my favourites....my least favourite was War Time Farm....they used a different narrator and I think the producers wanted to convey a sense of "urgency" throughout the series, and I found it far less relaxing to watch than this series....
@@FMHammyJ I agree, War Time Farm was the least interesting, using that word lightly since I still enjoyed it. I just didn't get immersed as much. Green Valley is fascinating, maybe because it is so far removed from our modern system. I just love how they're not just excavating the land, but the way of life.
Wartime Farm was my least favorite, as well, while Victorian Farm (even though I've only watched 2 episodes), and especially "Secrets of the Castle" have been my favorites
I find War Time Farm the most interesting, it seems to have the most information that, given the state of things right now, we would be able to use the most, like how to make do with less. Victorian farm is next for me! We all seem to look for different things in each series.
This one is my favorite too😍😍. The first one I saw many years ago.
For those of us who have been in the 'colonies' for several generations, in my case my family have been in NZ since 1840, this is a chance to see where we came from and this history is our history too.
amir1a123 we came to the US but, indeed, this history is also our history. The majority of my ancestry were Scott's Irish and English.
I'm surprised they aren't eating things like potato bread or bread and such things, as far as I knew grain should be used as little as possible and as much as necessary, which is where german onion bread, potato bread, bread with nuts and other seeds, dried tomatoes, spinach and other such recipes come from.
@@Katharina-rp7iq Potatoes did come to England about 1585, but did not spread over most of the country until about the early 1700's, so this is probably an area that hadn't started growing them yet.
This history is about much every one of us.
@@lindamyers1386 Scotts Irish? So from the UK? Cause I'm actually from Ireland and I know no Scottish Irish people born here? Scottish AND Irish you most likely mean?
If I had the chance to do this, I totally would. It'd be so hard, but this is the type of life-changing experience that would be so valuable and humbling I would never forget.
I suppose you could start your own homestead!
Start small, maybe consider growing a little crop of wheat, or raising chickens.
Fabulous series
I'm not sure what I have more of for these three, admiration or envy. So entertaining you don't realize how educational they are.
spot on
Ruths amazing, she must have such a fulfilled life
Here I am Back again. I always enjoy all of the various Series , This is my Favourite! I love the music, it is so Calming. I do enjoy the additional participants. It seems to add more of a realistic Family experience.
I think I have watched nearly every series with Ruth have been in. I’ve really enjoyed the farming series. If I were 30 years younger I’d would have liked to have a crack at some of these. I have a farm background and some of the methods used in the process are very similar to what I saw growing up. My great grandfather and my grandfather did things very similar to this since they were both born in the 19th century. I mostly wanted to say how much I’ve enjoyed the programs.
I'm a history and language geek. Fascinating to learn where common expressions come from.
Me as well.
These shows are just brilliant. To the people who filmed them, thank you. To the person who put them on UA-cam, Thank You!! Children should watch these in school. I am watching them with my 12 year old and he is fascinated. It’s not possible for people in the states to view all of the historical documentary shows.... Yet another sign of the British Aristocracy still with its firm grip around the necks of the Americans!!! When will it end!
Huh???? I am not aware of any shows that are not available. You might have to pay, but they are available. Not everything can be free.
"The plow looks the part."
The oxen look the part. The clothes look the part....
Wonderful series - new to it. Cheers from America.
Every time I finish another one of these series I get happy to find out they made one more... :)
I have to admit... this is my favourite of their programmes. It's so wonderful!
it would be fun to see them try this series again now that they have so much more practical experience farming
Yes! It would be amazing if they put a new one out
What a treat! Thank you UA-cam for recommending this after I watched the WWII kitchen and garden series.
I'm so happy I found tales from the green valley!!! They're all so young🧡🤍🧡🤍
Goodness they all look so young here,these are my most fave documentaries,i wish there were more.
We are catching up on this series. As historians who participate in living history programs, we're loving it and are very impressed with how hard working and dedicated the participants are. Thank you!
I truly love these shows and must admit, somewhat envious wishing when I was younger I could have done something like this. Thank you for uploading, I hope there will be more.
i could watch these videos all day everyday
I adore how the BBS series with Ruth and Tom and most often Alex is focused on the history and how things are done. I am disappointed at a "similar" American series that seems more focused on "how the unprepared and totally ignorant participants feeeeel."
There's a similar series called "Coal House" something or other.... That is a series dedicated to showing modern people how blessed they are, and not so much on the history
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I think that the fact that these people are historians and archeologists places the entire thing in another dimension than what American producers are even aware of. American shows are constantly seeking controversy and entertainment and aren't really that interested in exploration in the name of history and science.
galanie Don't forget the MAKEUP!!!
galanie In America, the history channel doesn't even do history.
galanie your entire nation is being forced into lefty lunacy, where everything is abandoned and forgotten because of "feels"
I love to see the different ways and foods they cooked.I love the big oxen they have to plow with
Damn those are some gnarly looking oxen
Very old Oxen.. Almost too old.
I have loved all the shows in this series.
Thank you for sharing this playlist! I couldn't find it anywhere else so you've made me happy beyond words. I love Ruth, Peter, and Alex and will watch these entertaining and educational shows of theirs over and over. ♥
I know the shows (except Tales from the Green Valley) are all available on AcornTV, as well as TUBI. The most recent series is called Secrets of the Castle (I think) with Ruth, Peter and Tom in France, helping build a 12th century castle from scratch....
I think the one about the British railway system is the one filmed most recently.
Right, this is fantastic compared to anything on American TV!
Ruth and Peter are celebrities in my opinion. After watching this series and all the other ones, I feel like I know them personally. HA, HA!
+rockshot100 Haha its weird bc I want to meet them and just be like "Omigosh! I LOVED your farm videos!!"
Yeah, they all seem like good friends to us!
CaitlinSk I would be like, hey Ruth, hey Peter, why don't you make more farm vids? Are you mad at me?
No HA,HA! about it!
It would be a real pleasure to meet this crew. I like and respect each one of them.
all we get in the bloody kardassians
Ruth always makes everything look so easy
So beautiful and so educative. I wish all of this would be part of the educational schedule just to give kids a much more intimate connection to history and the way our ancestors lived. Learning from history is essential.
Too bad there aren't something like week long "camps" in the summer kids to attend and live/learn this. Make it a mandatory thing, like math and English if they want to graduate (or not!!). The kids would go nuts with no phones or other electronics, that would be worth watching!!
Boy they were young in this docco lol. Must have been the first one done together. Wish there were more... I watch the other ones about once every 2 years. Soooo good!
Have you seen the Edwardian and wartime Farm ones yet? Also Ruth's does one on Victorian Pharmacy
My Grandfather used to shoot pigeons on a local farm. He taught me how to pluck and draw them when i was about eight years old. My Grandmothers pigeon pie was delicious.
After watching all of the other great shows these guys have done, it took me awhile to get used hearing everyone calling Peter "Fonz" or "Fonzi". There is a story there on how Peter got that nickname that I would love to hear! 🤣
I like Ruth's statute hat. I have one similar since chemo drugs are destroying my hair and it covers it very well. I love all the series but prefer the ones with a smaller team. Just seem to flow easier.
One of the most valuable lessons in these stories is helping viewers to understand how very hard life was then and what a struggle it was just to accomplish each basic necessity. For instance, in watching them plow, it occurs to me they walked all day long, both the men and the oxen. And they had to do that until all the fields were plowed. Can you imagine doing that? I'm sure they took breaks but, even so, to keep walking and walking. But it had to be done and in just a few days. It's a real wake-up call for all those revisionists who are so eager to look down their noses at our forefathers.
“To my dear sister, don’t break this one” haha good to know siblings haven’t changed over the centuries
These people really go all out to provide an authentic experience. Incredibly hard work under difficult conditions. I suppose the only thing they can't recreate is the bunch of children most farms would have had working full days doing all the jobs that would take up too much of the adults' time.
spot on everything you said :)
@@blabla-rg7ky Thank you.
@@seamusoluasigh9296 no problem. I fully agree with what you said
I love how shows were continued to be made with Ruth, Peter and Alex. I've never seen the other 2 since in anything else but I love Ruth, Peter and Alex together, so glad they continued to work on more projects.
I am so excited to find this here!!!! These are my favourite shows. I wish I could step into a different century like this. Absolutely brilliant idea. Thanks for uploading these. They make my modernity weary soul a little lighter. 💓
Just found this on you tube, it looks amazing!
If it weren't for disease & pestilence, I would love to visit this era in time.
I'll bet if you lived in the country on a farm like that you wouldn't catch any plague.
The people in the city usually got hit with it.
That's why all the rich people would flee to the country during plagues.
Covid-19, HIV/AIDS, chronic disease, mental illness, child suicide? I'll trade the 21st century for the 15th every day of the week and twice on Sunday. At 7.8 billion , the herd needs thinning.
@@kdgc6217 Take away OSHA, CDC, Welfare.... natural selection. Viola!
@@julien.4617 That's some yummy eugenics!
@@kdgc6217 That's what the mRNA injections are for. Should bring the herd down by about a billion.
This looks like it’s one of the first ones they made. Wow!
I think I like this more then Tudor Monastery Farm. It's lovely really :3
Lucien LaChance yeah, I agree. I think I like the quieter and slower tone more than the busy, raucous tone of Tudor Monastery Farm.
Dude thank you. I originally found them on absolute history, but didn't know there were more.
I loved this series so interesting. it shows us that today we only need to press a button to get what was so labor intensive back then. I unfortunately no longer find this series in French.
What a treat, my all time favourite show. Instant subscriber.
Thank you so much for uploading this series! I have such fond memories of following it first time round back in 2005. :)
Best set of series ever. All of them ❤️❤️
Wonderful episode! Thank you.
One of my favorite episodes.
I am absolutely loving it!!!
Extremely interesting and educational. Wish I hadn't chosen this episode to watch while eating supper though.
This is from the time period when the first coloniest started coming to america so these techniques were used in the James town colony and in t he Plymoth colony as well. it is part of our american roots too.
I can't believe how much more I'm learning because I'm actually watching how they lived there n the past❤
While an Acre was supposed to be plowable in 1 day (As a chord could be cut, split, and stacked) that was by a professional plowman, who did it for a living, for the entire community. These are amateur experts, they know the Theory of it, but have no practical experience. So, a rood, or 2 is probably a good start.
*cord (of wood)
Besides being amateurs, it looks to me as though it's been a long time since that land was plowed. Do you know if that definition of an acre meant previously unplowed land or already farmed land? It's hard to imagine it referred to new land.
@@LynxSouth Under ideal conditions, of course. A plowman with a good team could do it in a day's work. So, I'm assuming previously plowed land.
After viewing the other shows in the Historical Farm Series, I am now watching the beginning with this. I like the name "Peter" better than "Fonz" though.
Agree. There has never been an explanation of "Fonz". Personally, I find it totally asinine. Might as well dub Alex Eeyore.
I prefer Peter over "Fonz" also. Why doesn't he use that nickname in the other historical farming series?
kelli henderson I know him better as Peter from the other, later series.
@@mctavish199 If it's the name he prefers why is it asinine?
@@mctavish199 it's obviously a reference to Fonzie from Happy Days. And I can see why.
Although I agree it feels a bit jarring if you've seen the other series first
Love this documentary, have watched it before, but will again!! Great actors and actresses!
They are historians and archeologists, not actors!
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OMG!!! I just discovered the amazingness that is Ruth Goodman and I have been binging the farm shows on Tubi. This is the one series that they did not have and so I'm so incredibly thankful that you actually have all 12 episodes on here. Thank you thank you thank you What a great New Year gift!❤
Oct.25 22 .I just found this series a day or so ago, and love it. Though life then was way harder than today. I wonder if it was also way more rewarding. For sure it was all in ones hands if you lived or starved. the market was never farther away than the garden smoke house and larder. Knowing everything you ate was made possible by ones hard work must of made a good meal taste all the better. I once wanted to take the east to west trip as settlers did. To California or Oregon. With a wagon Ox and horse in tow. I never went past the planning phase and knew there would needs be many OKs given to cross fenced lands. But imagining the idea of getting the supplies. Perhaps building a team of experts such as they did here. Then making the trip on one of the still known and exposed trails across the plains and over the mountains before winter snows blocked the passes. Seems the camera got into the Ale in this video. A bit Catty wompuss at times . Still a great video
I really admire professor Ruth Goodman
love this and subsequent series
this is amazing, how come i've never seen this before?
Thanks for so much reality and insight. Keep it up!
It's great, but OHH that weird camera filter/feature they use to make it look like the background is wavering, makes me dizzy!!
found your interview from Maryland after watching all the historical farm shows which led me here. looking forward to seeing the show that started it all. Thank you Peter
I love one of their more recent shows, Secrets of the Castle. Although I missed Alex.
fascinating series
I was told of an error. I waited and here am! I remember those 2 guys from a different show, and this lady as well.
I like watching these shows ive tried binge watching them on the channel, I've even gotten my mom interested in watching them.. til I could remember the names of the actual shows I would look them up by typing in Ruth's name, LOL.. I like Every that do these shows but Ruth, Peter and Alex are my favorite.. I've seen others name some of the historical shows so I'ma add a couple I like, Ruth, peter and Tom in How Castles Were Built and then there's one about a character name Mrs. Crocombe at Audley End House on The Victorian Way..
I first happened Ruth and the boys in the Tutor Farm; then I had to watch every episode of it and now everything they've been in!
Tudor, not tutor.
I love these shows! Thank you for posting this series (I can’t find it online otherwise) I happen to be American, yet this stuff has made me SO thankful for the the little things in life, and all the humanity who came before me who kept doggedly living and making life doable. Omg doing laundry is a joy now! All i do is chuck clothing into a machine and add soap i didnt even have to make, chuck it into another machine to dry it and just fold and hang it.
To think my entire life ive been moaning about how annoying laundry was! HELL NO. Laundry is blessed joy now!!
Edit: omg just having hot water come out of the tap is mind boggling after absorbing this knowledge. my air conditioning is something worth weeping i gratitude over (i live in a desert). And dont even get me started about the gobs and gobs of food available to me, a person in the lower middle class. All i have to do is go to my job, sit at a computer, do my job, get paid and buy the food, clothing, and vitamins and just do my budget. No worrying about crop failure, starvation, lugging buckets of water, no chopping down wood to build a fire. I just exercise because i have to, not because i need to to make food.
I even buy less food and make sure i eat everything i buy and reuse stuff as much as possible, not because i have to, but because im grateful for all thr effort and resources i have. Lil ol me has all this!! ❤️❤️
Watching this really enlightens you to the sheer amount of ignorance we have for our past. People assume that all the food was terrible and that it was all a mess in the 1600's when country life couldn't be further from that. Our petty bourgeois attitude (yes I managed to fit Marxism into this comment) means that we have lost our respect for the resourcefulness and skills of the feudal peasant.
that's by design of the media and new world order, we were infinitely more free under feudalism and lived much better materially as well
There's a guy here on youtube that pops up on my siggested list every once and a while. Something about nutmeg tavern or something like that. He does receipes from Early Settler in America. I've done a few of his recepies and they're actually pretty good! I think food actually tasted better because it didnt jave all the fake flavors we use to "enhance" our foods now.
@@nicolebowman7354 modern processed "food" is designed to bash your senses over the head with artificial exaggerations of real flavors, mainly sweet and salty, there's no nuance.
This actually damages the development of the brain as it only receives a narrow set of hyper-emphasized stimulus instead of a normal variety.
And actually every modern production of everything is designed to bash your senses over the head in the same way with artificial substitutes.
If you live in N.America and you want to know what good food tastes like go to France. I lived there for 14years and can hardly stand the food back here. Yes its plentiful and Im grateful for that but the taste and flavour isnt there!
@@nicolebowman7354 Townsend and sons
I love this music.....
I love these programms
I love history
My favourite era is Victorians
I would love to take part in it
Its like pleasure plus job
They have fun but hard work as well and they get paid for it
I always been interested in how people used to live cook work just general household
These 3 historians have way of explain the history in fun and real way
I love Tom's boots and woolen socks. Got myself exactly the same pair.
I absolutely love this stuff..
List of all the series in order:
1- Tales from the Green Valley / 1620 (2005)
2- Victorian Farm / 1837-1901 (2009)
3- Victorian Pharmacy / 1837-1901 (2010)
4- Edwardian Farm / 1901-1910 (2011)
5- Wartime Farm / 1938-1946 (2012)
6- Tudor Monastery Farm /1457-1509 (2013)
6.5 - Tudor Monastery Christmas Special (2013)
7- Secrets of the Castle / 13th century (2014)
8- Full Steam Ahead / Early 19th century(2016)
9- Victorian Bakers / 1837 (2016) *this one doesn't involve Ruth Goodman
This reminds me of the modern day American homesteading that is so popular.
Peter and Alex look so young in this series!!!
13:50 That's not a corset, that's a body of stays.
😂 Just been scrolling down to find if any other historical clothing enthusiasts were wincing at that one! Why is it always the support garments that send these docos into a wee tailspin... 🙄 Pair of stays or bodies. The busk story was really cute though!
Hard .... but it's fulfilling. I love this series.
you will never be white
@@jackluedtke6432 LOL would be weird if I be one
@@barelydevistudio what's really weird is that you pretend to be one